Archives for February 7, 2018

The original Lincoln Center Theater Broadway production of John Guare’s The House of Blue Leaves, taped during a live performance at the Plymouth Theatre on January 29, 1987 and subsequently telecast by PBS on May 25 as an episode of American Playhouse. Directed for the stage by Jerry Zaks and for TV by Kirk Browning, it starred Christine Baranski, Julie Hagerty, Swoosie Kurtz, John Mahoney, and Ben Stiller:

(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)

Michael Schutz (quoted in David Streitfeld, “Bookstore Chains, Long in Decline, Are Undergoing a Final Shakeout,” New York Times, Dec. 28, 2017)

Terry Teachout

Terry Teachout, who writes this blog, is the drama critic of The Wall Street Journal and the critic-at-large of Commentary. In addition to his Wall Street Journal drama column and his monthly essays … [Read More...]

About

This is a blog about the arts in New York City and the rest of America, written by Terry Teachout. Terry is a critic, biographer, playwright, director, librettist, recovering musician, and inveterate blogger. In addition to theater, he writes here and elsewhere about all of the other arts--books, … [Read More...]

Billy and Me, my second play, received its world premiere on December 8 at Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach, Fla. Satchmo at the Waldorf, my first play, runs February 24-March 18 at Houston's Alley Theatre in a new production directed by me. For more information, go here.
Satchmo … [Read More...]

My latest book is Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington, published in 2013 by Gotham Books in the U.S. and the Robson Press in England and now available in paperback. I have also written biographies of Louis Armstrong, George Balanchine, and H.L. Mencken, as well as a volume of my collected essays called A … [Read More...]